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Caritas Manila taps tech for good platforms Mayani, GrabPay to foster online giving for underprivileged youth

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In the context of the ongoing pandemic that has brought more families deeper into poverty, digital platforms have been repurposed to leverage their reach and scalable capacities to soften the economic downturn’s impact on the poor and the vulnerable. Carrying this impact thrust, Caritas Manila – the lead social service ministry of the Catholic Church in the Philippines – is co-launching the Tuloy Aral Project to support the food needs of over 5,000 youth scholars from the poorest communities in the country, while supporting the livelihood of rural smallholder farmers…

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Maynilad installs over 3,100 kms. of new pipes since 2007

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West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) has installed over 3,100 kilometers of new water pipelines across its concession area since its re-privatization in 2007. Combined, this pipe length translates to the distance between Manila and Tokyo, Japan.    This after Maynilad managed to install 17 kilometers of new pipelines in 2020 despite restrictions imposed by the community quarantine. The water company invested Php185 million in 2020 to lay new primary and secondary pipes in portions of Valenzuela, Muntinlupa, and Bacoor in Cavite, allowing more people to receive potable…

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“Relative peace” makes BARMM infrastructure development possible — MPW

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BARMM Ministry of Public Works chief Eduard Guerra (center) at a briefing session with the rest of the MPW and regional officials. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Finance, and Budget and Management-BARMM Facebook page)   The “relative peace” achieved by the 2019 passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL)  has made infrastructure development possible in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM), said public works minister Eduard Guerra in an interview. “Within Mindanao, we have progressed further because of the past few years. There was unrest before so…

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UGAS, ‘LAST FIGHT’ NI PACQUIAO

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LOS ANGELES – Nagpapawis muna si Manny Pacquiao bago tuluyang isinara ang training camp sa Wild Card Boxing Club, araw ng Lunes dito. Kinatanghalian, bumiyahe na si Pacquiao at buong pamilya, training staff, at buong Team Pacquiao entourage at maging ang mediamen patungong Las Vegas, lugar kung saan niya haharapin ang hamon ni Yordenis Ugas ng Cuba sa Sabado (Linggo sa Manila, Agosto 22) sa T-Mobile Arena. Mahigit isang buwang nag-training si Pacquiao rito para paghandaan ang orihinal na kasagupang si Errol Spence Jr. Nang halos isang linggo na lang…

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DONAIRE, INOUE NEXT TARGET NI CASIMERO

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SI WBC champion Nonito “The Flash” Donaire Jr. o kaya’y si unified bantamweight world champion Japanese Naoya Inoue ang sunod na gustong kalabanin ni WBO champion John Riel Casimero. Naipagtanggol ni Casi-mero ang kanyang ­titulo kontra Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux noong Linggo (Manila time) sa pamamagitan ng unanimous decision. Boring man ang laban ng dalawa, na naghabulan lang imbes na magsuntukan sa ibabaw ng ring, bumawi naman si Casimero sa kanyang post-fight interview. Katunayan, naaliw ang sportscaster na si Jim Gray sa sagot ni Casimero hinggil sa susunod niyang plano matapos…

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MARCIAL MAY 1 PANG LABAN SA 2021

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Ni ANN ENCARNACION MULING sasabak sa ibabaw ng ring si Tokyo Olympics silver ­medalist Eumir Marcial bago matapos ang 2021. Mismong si MP (Manny Pacquiao) Promotions pres­ident Sean Gibbons ang nagkumpirma na may isa pang professional fight si Marcial sa huling bahagi ng taon. Sinabi ni Gibbons na hanga siya sa ipinamalas ng 25-anyos na Pinoy middleweight sa katatapos lang na Tokyo Games. “You know, I’m very impressed and I’m very proud of Eumir. Fighting at that weight, in that division, a hundred and sixty-five pounds, is not easy,” pahayag…

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Haydee Coloso-Espino: Pinakadakilang Pilipinang manlalangoy

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Ni EDDIE ALINEA ISA na namang dakilang atletang Pilipino ang ipinagluksa ng sambayanan noong nakaraang linggo sa pagpanaw ni Haydee Coloso-Espino, kinikilalang “reyna” ng swimming sa Asya noong bago pa lamang nagsisimula ang Asian Games noong dekada 50. Si Haydee ay sumakabilang buhay noong Huwebes, Agosto 12, sa bayan ng Mandurriao sa Iloilo, 16 na araw bago sumapit ang kanyang ika-84 na taong kaarawan. Isinilang noong Agosto 2, 1937 sa bayan ng Duenas, nagsimulang makilala si Haydee noong pangalawang edisyon ng Asiad na idinaos sa Maynila noong 1954, kung saan…

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BANGUNGOT NG TOKYO GAMES

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PURSIGIDO si Tokyo Olympian EJ Obiena na pagbutihin ang sarili sa susunod na international competitions. Nabigo ang 25-anyos na Pinoy pole vaulter na ­mag-podium finish sa Summer Games na labis niyang ikinadismaya. Pag-amin ni Obiena, hindi pa rin siya makapaniwala na hindi niya natalon ang 5.80 meters, dahilan kaya’t tuluyan siyang na-eliminate at nagkasya lang sa 11th place sa pole vault final. Bago ang quadrennial Games, ilang beses pinatunayan ni Obiena na kaya niyang makipagsabayan sa world’s best at tinalo pa ang ilan sa kanila sa pre-Olympic competitions. “It has…

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MALAKANYANG DUMISTANSYA SA HIRIT NG MAKABAYAN BLOC

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HANDS OFF ang Malakanyang sa pagsusulong ng Makabayan bloc na magsagawa ng full scale Congressional inquiry sa natuklasan ng Commission on Audit (COA) na mismanagement diumano ng Department of Health (DoH) sa P67.3 bilyong pondo para sa ginagawang pagtugon ng pamahalaan sa COVID-19. Ang katuwiran ni Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, independiyenteng sangay ng gobyerno ang mababang kapulungan ng Kongreso kaya’t sa anomang desisyon nito ay walang magagawa ang Ehekutibong sangay ng pamahalaan. Bukod dito, talaga naman aniyang katungkulan at responsibilidad ng Kongreso na magkaroon ng ganyang imbestigasyon. “Pero mamaya po…

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